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Marvin Minton
Contributing sermons since Apr 9, 2007
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A Happy Home
Contributed on Sep 5, 2007
This psalm celebrates the blessings of home and family life. Agricultural images are used to illustrate God’s blessings on those who trust Him.
A Happy Home Psalm 128:1-6 The ninth song of ascent or degrees, this psalm celebrates the blessings of home and family life. The ancient feasts of the Hebrews were family affairs. The family shared in rejoicing in God’s goodness to them as they traveled toward Jerusalem for the feasts. As they ...read more
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Victory Over Troubles
Contributed on Sep 5, 2007
When the going gets tough will we be tough enough to keep going? The psalmist sets a great example of a "never say die" spirit in the face of tremendous affliction.
Victory Over Troubles Psalm 129:1-8 This song is the tenth in the series of “Songs of Ascent”. It seems written for antiphonal singing; to be sung by two groups or by a leader and choir. The theme is that we can trust the Lord to bring us through persecution. The quality called for is ...read more
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A Life Worth Living
Contributed on Sep 5, 2007
A life lived without God is an empty life. A life lived with God is full and meaningful.
A Life Worth Living Psalm 127:1-5 Only two psalms are attributed to Solomon, this one and Psalm 72. Scholars class Psalm 127 as a wisdom psalm. It is the eighth in a series of psalms called “songs of ascent” or “songs of degrees”. The psalm says two things about life: life without God is empty ...read more
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Coming Home
Contributed on Aug 16, 2007
After seventy years of captivity the Israelites were coming home. What was their reaction? Indescribable joy! Let’s look in on their celebration and rejoice in the deliverances God has granted us.
Coming Home Psalm 126:1-6 Seventy years of captivity were over. The Israelites were going home. Many long years of longing for their own homes, their own city, their own land were over. They gather their meager belongings and set out to the promised land. Oh, what joy! Years later pilgrims ...read more
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God Our Defender
Contributed on Aug 8, 2007
This psalm looks to the deliverances God has provided in the past and expresses joyous praise for those times of deliverance and also reveals confidence in God’s ability to help in times of trouble.
God Our Defender Psalm 124:1-8 This is the fifth song in a series of songs called “Songs of Ascents” or “Songs of Degrees”. The previous psalm was about looking to God in hope of deliverance in the future. This psalm looks to the deliverances God has provided in the past and expresses joyous ...read more
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Studies In Psalms
Contributed on Aug 16, 2007